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In California, Democrats Propose $25 Minimum Wage for Health Workers
Samantha Young
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Union-aligned Democrats were set to introduce legislation Wednesday mandating a statewide…
Special Delivery: Heart-Heavy Health Policy Valentines
This year’s health policy valentine submissions were full of compassion for patients and concern over the nation’s health care…
It Takes a Village: Foster Program Is a New Model of Care for Indigenous…
LA PLANT, S.D. — Past a gravel road lined with old white wooden buildings is a new, 8-acre village dotted with colorful…
Your Money or Your Life: Patient on $50,000-a-Week Cancer Drug Fears…
After several rounds of treatment for a rare eye cancer — weekly drug infusions that could cost nearly $50,000 each —…
Montana’s Tax-Exempt Hospitals Oppose Increased Oversight by State…
Nonprofit hospitals are fighting Montana’s attempt to boost oversight of the ways they claim they provide benefits to…
Doctors Are Disappearing From Emergency Rooms as Hospitals Look to Cut…
Brett Kelman and Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio
Pregnant and scared, Natasha Valle went to a Tennova Healthcare hospital…
Se acaba la era de las vacunas y las pruebas gratuitas contra covid. ¿Quién…
Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News
Se está acabando el tiempo para las vacunas contra covid, los kits de prueba caseros, e…
Public Health Agencies Turn to Locals to Extend Reach Into Immigrant…
When covid-19 vaccines became available, Colorado public health officials initially relied on mass vaccination events…
Era of ‘Free’ Covid Vaccines, Test Kits, and Treatments Is Ending. Who Will…
Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News
Time is running out for free-to-consumer covid vaccines, at-home test kits, and even some…
Congress Told HHS to Set Up a Health Data Network in 2006. The Agency Still…
Sam Whitehead
In early 2020, as they tried to fight covid-19 across two rural counties in North Carolina, the staff of…